Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Taylor Swift debuts ‘So Long, London’ to close out ‘Eras’ shows at Wembley Stadium
nme.comTaylor Swift has played ‘So Long, London’ live for the firs time ever while at Wembley Stadium – watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.Last night (August 20), Swift played the eighth and final Wembley Stadium show of her years-long and career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour.
It also coincided with the conclusion of the European leg of the tour.To close out the mini residency at Wembley, the singer-songwriter performed the ‘Tortured Poets Department’ cut ‘So Long, London’ live for the first time as a thank you to the London audience.It came as part of the “surprise songs” portion of her set.
She said to the packed Wembley Stadium before diving into the song: “You know, we’ve done a lot of shows on the ‘Eras’ tour, so it’s kind of rare to have a song that I’ve never performed live before, and yet, here we are.”Watch Taylor Swift debut ‘So Long, London’ below.Full video of Taylor performing "So Long, London" tonight pic.twitter.com/KjgcDI2o1t— swifferpics (@swifferpics) August 20, 2024Elsewhere during the same show, Swift brought out Florence Welch to perform ‘Florida!!!’, marking the first time that their ‘Tortured Poets Department’ collaboration has been performed live.
Jack Anotonoff also appeared as a special guest to perform ‘Death By A Thousand Cuts’.At the end of the show, Swift premiered her brand new music video for ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the ‘Eras’ tour.The first night of her five-night ‘Eras’ tour run saw Swift bring out Ed Sheeran as a special guest.
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